Combined haircutter and razor



March 29, 1955 E. FlNELLl 2,704,886

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v COMBINED HAIRCUTTER AND RAZOR Filed Oct. 2, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVEN TOR. ERNEST FINELLL United States Patent COMBINED HAIRCUTIER ANDRAZOR Ernest Finelli, Woodside, N. Y.

Application October 2, 1952, Serial No. 312,721

7 Claims. (Cl. 30-31) This invention relates to tonsorial implements andmore particularly, to a combined hair cutter and safety razor.

A primary object of the present invention is to provide a combined haircutter and safety razor which can be employed by all persons for theirown use and without requiring the services of a barber or professionalhairdresser.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tonsorial implementwhich is adapted to cut and thin the hair by a simple combing operationwhich is properly performed and repeated.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this kindwhich may be employed to thin the hair, or may be adjusted to differentpositions to cut hair of different lengths, or may be adjusted to serveas a razor.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a tonsorialimplement with an elongated handle adapted to be adjusted angularlyrelative to the razor blade holder for use as a straight razor.

Yet another object of the invention is to provide a combined hair cutterand safety razor having an elongated handle whereby the device may bereadily grasped by the hand and increased pressure applied.

Yet a further object of the invention is to provide a combined haircutter and safety razor having a detachable handle with ready means forcoupling and uncoupling the handle.

A specific object of the invention is to provide a com- ,bined haircutter and safety razor in which the toothed guard bars are adjustablerelative to the razor blade to cut hair of different lengths.

Yet another object is to provide a device of this kind in which the haircutting and shaving portions thereof are highly effective and yetabsolutely safe.

Still another object is to provide an improved razor blade holder.

A still further object of the invention is to construct the combinedhair cutter and safety razor so that the same is capable of beingmanufactured economically.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. l is a side elevation view of a combined hair cutter and safetyrazor embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the hair cutting and shavingportion spaced from the handle portion, with the hair cutting andshaving portion in open condition.

Fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the hair cutting and shavingportion of the device, looking down on the various elements of saidportion as they are arranged in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a similar view with the elements turned upside down.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view along the center of the hair cuttingand shaving portion of the device.

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view taken on the plane of the line 6-6of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the plane of the line 7-7of Fig. 2, parts being shown in dash lines. Fig. 8 is a perspective viewof the handle.

' Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 1 with the handle moved to adjustedangular position relative to the hair cutting and shaving portion of thedevice.

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary elevational view showing a modification of theinvention.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the combined hair cutter and safetyrazor made in accordance with the invention comprises a hair cutting andshaving portion 10, a detachable handle portion 11 and a connectingportion 12.

The hair cutting and shaving portion 10 as seen in Fig. 2, includes aJ-shaped plate 13 and a straight plate 14 detachably connected to theJ-shaped plate. The frame plate 13 consists of a long fiat arm 15,terminating at one end in a looped portion 16 which continues into ashort flat arm 17. The outer free end of the short arm diverges slightlyaway from the long arm 15. At each side of its transverse center, thelong arm is formed on its inner surface with a depressed portion forminga recess 18, and secured in each recess is a rack or plate member 19having spaced grooves 20, extending longitudinally of the arm. The upperends of the walls of the grooves protrude slightly above the innersurface of the arm 15. An enlargement 21 is integrally formed on theopposite end of the long arm 15 thereby providing a shoulder 22. Theouter surface of the shouldered end curves inwardly as indicated at 23and projecting from the center of said curved end is a stud extension24.

The stud extension has a fiat inner surface 25 and an arcuate-shapedouter surface 26 provided with external screw threads 27.

At one end, the frame plate 14 is depressed along its longitudinalcenter to form a recess 28, and at its opposite end is formed with ascrew-threaded stud extension 29 similar to the stud extension 24 of theplate 13. When assembled, the recess 28 is adapted to receive a lug 30formed integrally on the outer end of the short arm 17, the plate 14forming a prolongation of the short arm with its stud extension 29 inopposed and aligned relation with the stud extension 24 of the arm 15,the screw threads of the extension studs being on the outside.

An elongated guard bar 31 substantially the length of the long arm 15 isdetachably mounted along each long edge of said arm 15. Each bar isformed with curved serrations 32 along one long edge thereof, and alongthe opposite long edge is a pair of spaced pins 33 protruding from onesurface thereof. The bars are adapted to be removably supported on therack or grooved plates 19, with the pins 33 projected into selectedgrooves 20, with their ends adjacent the shoulder 22.

Formed integrally on the inner surface of the frame plate 14 at itscenter and protruding outwardly therefrom is a rib member 34. A cuttingimplement in the form of a double-edged safety razor blade 35, having anelongated slot 36, is carried by the plate 14, the blade slot beingpositioned over and interlocked with the rib. With the plate 14 inposition as shown in Fig. 1, the blade 35 is positioned over andsupported by the guard bars 31. The serrations 32 of the bar projectpast the edges of the blade and serve to space said edges from the hairand skin.

The frame plates 13 and 14 cover and guard the blade leaving only theside edges of the blade exposed.

The handle portion 11 is formed with a reduced or thinned inner end 36forming shoulders 37, the reduced end being provided with a transversehole 38. A pair of plates 39 are riveted at one end to the oppositesides of the reduced end 36' by a rivet 40, in the hole 38, leaving aspace 41 therebetween. The outer surfaces of the plates 39 are flushwith the outer surfaces of the handle portion 11 and form a prolongationof the handle portion, with the ends of the plates abutting against theshoulders 37.

The connecting portion 12 consists of a flat bar 42 having a bifurcatedor forked end 43 and having an elongated slot 44 aligned with the spacebetween the bifurcations of the end 43. The other end of the bar 42 isformed with a cylindrical socket member 45 providing a shoulder 46. Theouter surface of the socket member is curved and its inner surface isformed with screw threads 47. A rivet 48 connects the outer ends of theplates 39 of the handle portion and passes loosely through the slot 44of bar 42, serving as a pivot and guide for the handle portion 11.

In operation, the connecting bar 42 is slid along the pivot 48 until itsbifurcated end 43 slides over and interlocks with the reduced endportion 36' of the handle portion 11. The hair cutting and shavingportion is coupled to the bar 42 by pressing the frame plates 13 and 14together against the spring action of the diverging small arm 17 tobring their threaded extension studs 24 and 29, respectively,sufficiently close together to permit them to be inserted into thesocket member 45. The extension studs will tend to spread apart and thusintimately engage the threads 47 of the socket member whereupon byturning the frame plates, the hair cutting and shaving portion will besecured to the handle portion.

When the bifurcated end 43 of the connecting bar 42 is interlocked withthe reduced handle end 36, the handle portion and hair cutting andshaving portion are in alignment as seen in Fig. 1, and the implement isadapted to be used as a hair cutting and trimming device by merelystroking the hair as in a combing operation.

In order to use the implement as a straight razor for shaving, the bar42 may be pulled outwardly of the handle portion until its bifurcatedend 43 is clear of the outer edge of the reduced end portion 36' of thehandle portion, the bar being slid along the pivot 48. When thebifurcated end has cleared said reduced end, the handle portion may betilted, using the rivet 48 as a pivot, to any desired angle such asshown in Fig. 9. When the handle portion is so tilted, the corners ofthe ends of the handle plates 39 frictionally engage the flange 46 ofthe socket member 45 to hold the handle portionv releasably in movedposition.

The flange 46 may, however, be provided with a roughened surface such asindicated at 49 in Fig. 10, against which the corners of the plates 39may interlock in order to hold the handle portion in moved position.

It Will be seen that ready adjustment of the implement may be made bymerely moving the guard bars 31 laterally of the arm to change therelative position of the blade and the guard bars so that different sizecuts of hair may be obtained. The hair is usually shorter as oneproceeds from the back of the head towards the neck.

A diflferent guard ba'r adiustment is preferred when the cut is appliedto hair of different lengths, the shorter the hair which is being cut,the closer the edge of the blade is adjusted to the tips of theserrations 32. When the tips of the serrations 32 are moved even orapproximately even with the edges of the blade, the implement may beused as a razor. Hence, the length of hair to be cut may be suited byadjusting the guard bars 31 so that the edges of the blade overlie moreor less of the length of the serrations.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to allchanges and modifications coming within the scope of the invention asdefined in the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I ciaim as new and desire to secureby United States Letters Patent is:

1. In a combined hair cutter and safety razor, a U- shaped frame, a pairof separate guard bars supported by said frame, each guard bar havingserrations along one edge thereof, a rib on said frame for detachablysupporting a double-edged safety razor blade in operative relation withthe serrations on said guard bars, and means to adjust said guard barsrelative to one another and to the blade, and an elongated handleadjustably connected to the frame, said means to adjust said guard barsbeing a pair of racks on the frame with spaced grooves therein and apair of spaced pins on the guard bars removably to fit said grooves.

2. A combined hair cutter and safety razor, comprising a U-shaped frameincluding an elongated arm having a looped portion at one end, a shortarm forming a continuation of said looped portion and a flat platedetachably connected to said short arm and forming a prolongationthereof. a pair of separate guard bars detachably and adjustablysupported on said elongated arm, each of said guard bars havingserrations along one edge thereof, means on said fiat plate fordetachably supporting a double-edged safety razor blade in operativerelation with the serrations on said guard bars, means to adjust saidguard bars on the frame relative to one another and to the blade, saidmeans to adjust the guard bars comprising a rack on the frame withspaced grooves therein and a pin on each of the guard bars removably tofit said grooves, and an adjustable handle connected to said frame.

3. A combined hair cutter and safety razor comprising a U-shaped frameincluding a J-shaped plate having a long arm with a looped portion atone end, a short arm forming a continuation of said looped portion and aflat plate detachably connected to said short arm and forming aprolongation thereof, a pair of separate guard bars detachably andadjustably supported along the edges of the long arm, each guard barhaving serrations along one edge thereof, means to adjust said guardbars on the frame relative to one another, said means to adjust theguard bars being a pair of spaced racks on the long arm with spacedgrooves therein and a pair of spaced pins on each guard bar slidably andremovably to fit said grooves, a rib on said detachable flat plate fordetachably supporting a double-edged safety razor blade in operativerelation with the serrations on said guard bars an adjustable handleconnected to said frame, and a connection including a pivot pin carriedby said handle, a bar having a slotted portion interlocked with saidpivot pin and a socketed portion connected to said frame.

4. A combined hair cutter and safety razor comprising a hair cutting andshaving portion including a U- shaped frame including spaced arms, screwthreaded extensions on said arms, guard bars detachably and adjustablysupported along the edges of one of said arms, each guard bar havingserrations along one edge thereof, a rib on the other of said arms forsupporting a double-edged safety razor blade in operative relation withthe serrations on said guard bars, a handle portion having a reducedend, spaced plates secured to said reduced end and forming aprolongation thereof, and means providing a pivotal connection betweenthe U-shaped frame and the handle portion including a pivot pin mountedacross said spaced plates, a bar having a slotted portion interlockedwith said pivot pin, a bifurcated end on said bar slidably interlockedwith said reduced end of the handle and an internally screw threadedsocketed member on the other end of said bar adapted to receive thethreaded extensions on the arms of the U-shaped frame.

5. A combined hair cutter and safety razor, comprising a U-shaped frameincluding a J-shaped plate having a long arm with a looped portion atone end, a short arm forming a continuation of said looped portion, anexternally screw threaded extension on the other end of said long arm, aflat plate, means detachably connecting said fiat plate to said shortarm and forming a prolongation thereof, said means detachably connectingthe flat plate to the short arm including a lug integral with said shortarm and a recess in one end of the flat plate for receiving said lug, anexternally screw threaded extension on the other end of said flat platein opposed and aligned relation with the extension on the long arm,guard bars detachably and adjustably supported along the edges of thelong arm, each guard bar having serrations along one edge thereof, a ribon said detachable flat plate for detachably supporting a double-edgedsafety razor blade in operative relation with the serrations on saidguard bars, and an elongated handle with frame and handle con nectingmeans adjustably connecting the handle to the U-shaped frame, said frameand handle connecting means including a pivot pin carried by the handle,and a bar having a slotted portion slidably and pivotally interlockedwith said pivot pin and having a socketed portion having internal screwthreads for coaction with the screw threads 0;! the extensions on thelong arm and detachable flat p ate.

6. In a combined hair cutter and safety razor, a hair cutting andshaving portion including a frame, guard bars adjustably supported bysaid frame, each guard bar having serrations along one edge thereof, arib on the frame for detachably supporting a double-edged safety razorblade in operative relation with said serrations, external screwthreaded extensions on said frame, an elongated handle and meansproviding a pivotal and adjustable connection between the handle andframe including a reduced portion on one end of said handle, platessupported in spaced relation on said reduced portion, a pivot pinsupported across said plates, a flat bar having a bifurcated end portionadapted to slidably engage the reduced portion of the handle, a socketedmember on the other end of said bar with a flange on one end thereof,said socketed member having screw threads on its other end for receivingthe threaded extensions on said frame, said flat bar having a slottedportion between said socketed member and said bifurcated end slidablyand pivotally connected to said pivot pin, the end of said spaced platesbeing adapted to frictionally contact the flange on said socketed memberto hold said parts in moved position.

7. In a combined hair cutter and safety razor, a hair cutting andshaving portion including a frame, guard bars adjustably supported bysaid frame, each guard bar having serrations along one edge thereof, arib on the frame for detachably supporting a double-edged safety razorblade in operative relation with said serrations, external screwthreaded extensions on said frame, an elongated handle, and meansproviding a pivotal and adjustable connection between the handle andframe including a reduced portion on one end of said handle, platessupported in spaced relation on said reduced portion a pivot pinsupported across said plates, a flat bar having a bifurcated end portionadapted to slidably engage the reduced portion of References Cited inthe file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 854,915 Speece May 28,1907 856,172 Meehan June 4, 1907 878,841 Warner Feb. 11, 1908 919,910Meehan Apr. 27, 1909 FOREIGN PATENTS 139,956 Great Britain Mar. 18, 1920

